ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Here are four things to know about The Joint Commission's opioid treatment program accreditation program requirements:

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care accredited Waltham, Mass.-based Bentley University Health Center.

The Joint Commission released a statement refuting a study published in the BMJ that questioned the benefits of accreditation.

Tess Poland, RN, MSN, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care's senior vice president of accreditation services, weighed in on the importance and significance of AAAHC's advanced orthopaedic certification in the increasingly crowded ASC market in an interview.

AAAHC released a new report titled the "AAAHC Quality Roadmap 2018" based on data from over 900 accreditation surveys, identifying areas of high and low compliance for ASCs, Medicare deemed status ASCs, office-based surgery facilities and primary care settings.

  Largo, Fla.-based Bardmoor Surgery Center is accredited by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care.

Anchorage-based Alaska Surgery Center is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program developed an advanced certification program for wound care programs focusing on non-healing or complex wounds.

Little Rock-based Arkansas Outpatient Surgery Center is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare.

ASCs are subjected to a varying degree of state, federal and voluntary regulation and accreditation standards, including certificate of need laws, Medicare accreditation and voluntary accreditation by bodies such as the AAAHC or The Joint Commission, according to the American…